Basic Information

What will I learn by studying this degree?

Theoretical foundations of decision-making, financial accounting, model of the determination of public debt in an open economy, money, inflation, unemployment, growth and instruments of economic policy, basic business theory, national and international economic reality, productive sectors, public sectors, economic institutions and their development, basic juridical legislation of civil rights institutions, mercantile laws, labor laws, and fiscal laws.

Where will I be qualified to work upon graduation?

With a Degree in Economics we are concerned with the training of professionals capable of developing their professional activity as much in the sphere of private business as in any kind of public organism. The graduate in Economics must be capable of determining the different economic problems that any economy shows and be able to offer possible solutions. Likewise, the graduate in Economics will be a professional capable of carrying out work in management, evaluation, and advising in the institutions or companies in which they work. Among these general functions one finds those of production, financing, investment, and accounting.

What topics will be covered in this Degree?

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The preferred access track would correspond with the high school diploma in social sciences or science-technology so that the student has had a minimum of mathematical training. Furthermore, it would be advisable that the student had interest in knowing the different relationships that are produced among the economic agents and in trying to find answers through the use of economic models to socio-economic questions that arise daily.

Objectives

1. To respond to the necessities of existent training in economic matters, facilitating the knowledge of instruments useful for research or for decision-making, as much in the private as the public sectors.

2. To offer a basic overall education in the area of economics along with another, more advanced kind, which permits the specialization in areas in demand by institutions, as much public as private.

3. To offer training that capacitates students to continue on to Masters programs at any national or international university.

4. To offer essential material for the development of competitive advantages in the area of economics, applicable as much in the professional sphere as in research and teaching.

5. To create specific profiles of specialization in the different fields of economics in a way that the necessities of business management, the management of collective aspects, and the economic management of resources are considered.

6. To create the conditions for the development of multidisciplinary lines of research in what is denominated unconventional economics, which today are rapidly advancing in fields like the economics of the justice system, the economic analysis of politics, or the economics of healthcare, to cite only three examples. Apart from the previous, formative objectives, a common objective to all the degrees at URJC is to promote mobility, especially internationally.

Skills

As far as competence goes, graduates in Economics must be capable of carrying out good management of resources at any business or organism in which they develop their activity, as well as identifying the principle problems, among others. They must also be able to apply rational analysis and be able to choose from among different alternatives those that are most adequate for the objectives sought.

Graduates must be able to understand and draft reports on regional, national, or international economics, as well as analyze any sector of the economy by applying different economic instruments. Likewise, the graduate will acquire competence in evaluating the current and foreseeable situation with the information available, as much in the economic situation of a company as in the national economy. They must be able to draft economic reports about companies and markets.

The capabilities that we are going to list are based on results described in the Libro Blanco of Economics (ANECA). These abilities are derived taking into account opinions from the academic and professional worlds.

GENERAL or COMMON SKILLS

The generic or transversal competence makes reference to the attributes that a particular social group should have, in this case, the university graduates in Economics and they basically refer to organizational capacity and are related to the DEGREE IN ECONOMICS. The generic competence in the sphere of Economics is obtained through interdisciplinary learning.

CT1 Capacity for analysis and synthesis

CT2 Capacity for organization and planning

CT3 Oral and written communication in native language

CT4 Oral and written communication in foreign language

CT5 Knowledge of computer science relative to the field of study

CT6 Ability to analyze and look for information from different sources

CT7 Capacity for problem-solving

CT8 Capacity for decision-making

CT9 Capacity for teamwork

CT10 Interdisciplinary teamwork

CT11 Working in an international context

CT12 Skill in personal relationships

CT13 Commitment to ethics in the workplace

CT14 Working under pressure

CT15 Capacity for autonomous learning

CT16 Capacity for adaptation to new situations

CT17 Creativity

CT18 Leadership

CT19 Initiative and enterprising spirit

CT20 Sensitivity to environmental and social themes.

Specific Professional Skills

Competence in these areas is what differentiates students with an Economics Degrees from university graduates as a whole, providing them with the necessary tools to be able to undertake their future work as economists. With regard to the basic, specific knowledge, it must be said that those that are considered most relevant are related to “macroeconomics” and “microeconomics,” “public funds,” “Spanish and world economy,” and “econometrics.”

CS1 Capacity for putting knowledge of economics into practice

CS2 Ability in the search for information and research

CS3 Design and management of projects applied to the different areas of economics

CS6 Knowing and applying different quantitative techniques utilized in economics

CS7 Understanding and evaluating the analysis of an economic situation

CS8 Knowing the behavior of the different economic agents

CS9 Knowing the functioning of markets

CS10 Knowing the objectives and instruments of economic policy

CS11 Knowing the functioning of the public sector of an economy

CS12 Understanding and evaluating financial investments

CS13 Knowing the functioning of companies and their decision-making

CS14 Converting an empirical problem into an object of research and drawing conclusions

CS15 Written and spoken communication in a foreign language at professional meetings on economics

CS16 Critically analyzing, synthesizing, and summarizing the economic situation and assets of a company

CS17 Knowing the Spanish economic situation and environment within the European Union

CS18 Analyzing the development of the international economy

CS19 Making forecasts from the different economic variables.

It must not be forgotten that a general objective of University Rey Juan Carlos is to promote international mobility, as much for students as for the professors and researchers who take part in its degrees.

Minimum requirements for stay

For full-time students doing an undergraduate degree, the maximum period of time allowed to complete the degree is eight years. Part-time students can request an extension of up to two years from the Rector.

In the degrees that have more than to 240 credits (4 years), the maximum stated in the previous section will be increased by one year for each 60 ECTS that are added to the 240 ECTS.

Students have to pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students who are studying part-time have to pass at least one subject in the first academic year.

Students who are studying an official degree at Rey Juan Carlos University have a maximum of four enrollments in each one of the subjects in the study program, without counting previous cancellations of said subjects.

Minimum number of ECTS credits per type of registration and academic year

Access and Enrolment

Access

Access to official degrees requires holding a high school diploma or equivalent and passing the exam referred to in Article 42 of the Organic Law 6/2001 of Universities, modified in the Law 4/2007 (12 April), taking into account other mechanisms of access foreseen in existing regulations.The maximum number of 1st year students accepted in the academic is:

Madrid Campus (Edif. Quintana):

60 plazas

Enrolment

Enrolment in the Rey Juan Carlos University is on-line, using the computers on campus or any computer with web access. Dates and deadlines can be consulted in enrolment, as well as the requirements and necessary documents. If any doubts arise, ask at the Student Telephone Assistance Centre (C.A.T.A.).

Academic Recognition of Credits

Movility Programmes

The Erasmus Program offers URJC undergraduate and graduate students the possibility of taking courses for one or more semesters at one of the European universities where URJC has agreements.

These exchanges traditionally involve financial assistance thanks to the Erasmus grants that the EU and the Spanish Education Ministry provide.

MUNDE

The Munde Program manages mobility with universities that are not included in the Erasmus Program.

The possibility of obtaining a grant or financial assistance and the quantity depend, in each case, on the agreements with the universities, the countries, or the entities that subscribe to said agreements.

Steps toward Improvement

The Quality Guarantee System at URJC establishes that the Quality Guarantee Commission of the degree analyzes the information derived from the different indicators of the degree and draws up a report which includes plans for improvement, if that is what the results so indicate.

Accreditation renewal

Accreditation renewal supposes the culmination of the implementation of the official undergraduate and Master’s degrees registered in the University, Center, and Degree Register. The accreditation renewal of official undergraduate and Master’s degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the situation of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment report that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of assessors who are external to the degree in question

Recognition of quality

In the framework of the celebration of the INNOVATION FORUM 2011 in the Portuguese town of Oeiras, the Foundation for the Quality of e-Learning gave three UNIQUe quality certifications to universities in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Spain, and Rey Juan Carlos University was one of those chosen.

UNIQUe is the first certification of quality in all of Europe, created to offer support to universities in order to achieve excellence in the use of ICT for innovation in learning. The certification provides points of reference for the field of higher education in order to increase the speed of implementation of the Bologna reforms in the field of technology. It is centered on innovation with the aim of improving learning. At the same time, the UNIQUe seal facilitates the incorporation of the existing good practices and the valid strategies for quality, presenting a wide institutional focus that goes beyond e-learning in order to validate the efforts of the universities with regard to innovation.

This process of quality certification is based on the broad participation of the interested parties with the aim of involving the entire community of higher education, including the government, students and professors, as well as the administration and management of universities.